Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Full reference: R. E. Eshelman. 1975. Geology and Paleontology of the Early Pleistocene (Late Blancan) White Rock Fauna from North-Central Kansas. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 13:1-60
Belongs to Cynomys according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980
See also Eshelman 1975
Sister taxa: Cynomys gunnisoni, Cynomys leucurus, Cynomys ludovicianus, Cynomys mexicanus, Cynomys niobrarius, Cynomys parvidens, Cynomys sappaensis, Cynomys spenceri, Cynomys vetus
Type specimen: Its type locality is White Rock Cynomys Loc., which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Belleville Formation of Kansas
Ecology: semifossorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Kansas collection)
• Blancan of United States (1: Kansas)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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